March 2016

Click here to download the full article as a PDF. The Kinamba Project I spent three months in Kigali, three months which passed in a whirl of busy – ness one way or another. The dates of the new terms set by the government meant that the primary children would...

January 2016

Click here to download the full article as a PDF. Umwaka Musha Muhire as they say – Happy New Year! I arrived back very early in January to the sunshine and smiles I now think of when I think about the project. For some reason the term in the state schools was not to...

December 2015

I have now been back in Kigali for two weeks and my feet do not seem to have touched the ground. We are busy right now organising schools for the secondary students, with lots of things to get together for them to take with them for the next two months or so. It is...

November 2015

p>Click here to download the full article as a PDF. In December I intend to write a retrospective view of what we have achieved so far. Very tangible evidence of what we set out to do and what we are achieving can be seen in the lives of some of our secondary...

September 2015

Dear Friends, I am attaching a wonderful letter from Lesley and Steve Hooper who spent two months with the project – I just know you will enjoy it, we are very grateful to them for their time and hard work, so generously given. Meg Click here to download the...

July 2015

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you all wherever you are. For our July news I am attaching something from our good friend Andrew who visited before preparing to start his teacher training – good luck Andrew! I know you will enjoy his wonderful...

May 2015

Something I have rarely written about but which is a very important part of the project is the work we have done with adults and young people. This, like the nursery, has grown over the years from the first meeting I had with a group of local people in January 2007 We...

February 2015

We had a wonderful time this morning playing rugby with Matt and his volunteers from Friends of Rwandan Rugby who came to visit our eager young players. We have been working with Kamanda, one of six rugby development officers working in Rwanda each week and are...

January 2015

Happy New Year 2015 to you all, may your year be full of wonderful things, peace and harmony, opportunity, everything you would wish for yourselves. We invite you to celebrate with us because last week we admitted our 500th child into the nursery, a remarkable...

December 2014

Dear friends, I attach our December news written by Vincent who has been working with the children during their November holiday. The children always look forward to the holiday club and this year they enjoyed some very special activities arranged by Vincent. I would...